HANOI - A court in Vietnam on Dec 27 jailed more than a dozen officials for up to 12 years for corruption over repatriation flights and quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The case is part of a major anti-graft drive that has led to the resignation of a president and two deputy prime ministers in a country where political changes are usually carefully orchestrated.
In 2023, 54 officials and business people were found guilty of receiving, offering or acting as a go-between for bribes that the state media said totalled US$9.5 million (S$12.9 million).
They included four former senior officials at the ministries of foreign affairs, health and public security, who were handed life sentences.
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